Zach Veach produced another monster opening lap to leap from fourth to first and captured his second win in a span of a week while making a statement about his readiness to join the Verizon IndyCar Series. "I think we really hit our stride halfway through the season," Veach ( pictured, below ) told RACER. "Taking a year off hurt my racecraft, so to come back this strong I feel like we've found ou...

Nicholas Dapero earned his first Pro Mazda win in a foggy Round 2 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca after teammates and title contenders Aaron Telitz and Pato O'Ward made contact on the opening lap. Starting from pole, points leader Telitz was passed once again by Team Pelfrey stablemate O'Ward â this time around the outside of Turn 2 â but with contact between Telitz's right-front and O'Ward's left-r...

An entire season of frantic Mazda Road to Indy competition has come down to one day where three new champions will be crowned at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The Cooper Tire-shod Indy Lights, Pro Mazda, and USF2000 series have completed dozens of races since the start of the year, and after Saturdayâs events, the pool of contenders has been narrowed to two apiece in each category. In Indy Lights (R...

Juncos Racing's Kyle Kaiser entered the weekend with a slim chance to win the Indy Lights championship, and with a pole, fastest lap, and a win on Saturday, the Bay Area resident vaulted from fifth to third in the standings. "Mazda Raceway must reward hometown drivers," Kaiser said. "I've driven this track so much and know it so well. It's a perfect weekend so far." His joy was tempered by fallin...

Bay Area product Kyle Kaiser used local track knowledge to his advantage as he took pole position for today's Indy Lights race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The Juncos Racing driver set a best lap of 1m15.2733s and hopes to use the point for pole in his quest to win the championship. Presently fifth in points and 39 markers behind championship leader Santiago Urrutia, Kaiser said his mission for ...

Andretti Autosport's Dean Stoneman shot to the top of the speed chart in the waning moments of Friday afternoon's final Mazda Road to Indy practice session. The Briton is one of six drivers with a chance of earning the championship, and made solid progress toward his goal as he pushed his Dallara IL15-Mazda to a 1m16.098s lap to displace Team Pelfrey's Sean Rayhall from P1. Rayhall, who dropped i...

All three steps of the Mazda Road to Indy will crown new champions this weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and with two Indy Lights races, three Pro Mazda races, and two USF2000 races ready to pack your Saturday and Sunday, visit RACER.com to enjoy the seven live streams.

Championship hopeful Ed Jones made the first statement of the Soul Red Finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca by leading the opening session of the weekend by placing his Carlin Racing entry atop the field. The Briton, who sits one point championship leader Santiago Urrutia, was comfortably fastest after posting a 1m16.509s lap during an abbreviated session. Andretti Autosport's Dean Stoneman (-0.50...

ABOVE: Left to right: Dean Stoneman, Kyle Kaiser, Ed Jones, Santiago Urrutia, Felix Serralles and Zach Veach. The championship showdowns are set to produce a new wave of Indy Lights, Pro Mazda, and USF2000 champions on the Mazda Road to Indy. The three-day, seven-race contest will put the next generation of Verizon IndyCar Series stars and Indy 500 winners to the test at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca...

Dalton Kellett will change his Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires 'Rookie' status to 'Veteran' after signing an extension to remain in the No. 28 K-LINE Insulators USA, Inc. Mazda at Andretti Autosport for the team's 2017 campaign. The re-signing of the Canadian marks the third consecutive year driving for the Andretti stable and second season running in the Indy Lights championship. Kellett, ...

Ed Carpenter Racing's Zach Veach made quick work of adapting to Josef Newgarden's Chevy-powered Indy car on Thursday, as the Ohioan led the three Indy Lights drivers making their debut at Sonoma Raceway. Veach, using Newgarden's No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing entry, posted an unofficial best of 1m18.32s around the 2.3-mile road course. He was followed by Andre Negrao in James Hinchcliffe's No. 5 Schm...

Reigning Indy Lights champion Spencer Pigot is about to pass his crown to a new title winner, and with most of an IndyCar season under his belt, he's uniquely qualified to speak on what lies ahead for the contenders. With an advancement prize in hand, Pigot turned his championship with Juncos Racing into three races with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, including the Indy 500, and was soon picked ...

Zach Veach isn't blessed with exceptional height or a musclebound frame, but that didn't stop the Ohioan from pounding the Watkins Glen road course and all of his Indy Lights competitors into submission last weekend. Taming the most physically demanding track on the way to a 3.6-second win over Ed Jones was further proof the 21-year-old is ready to turn his first laps in an Indy car on Thursday w...